How To Use Absinthe

Absinthe has yet again become a popular drink and, with the legalization of some brands of Absinthe in 2007 in the USA, it could possibly even be asserted we are experiencing an Absinthe rebirth. Yet, some individuals don’t really know how to use Absinthe correctly or perhaps what Absinthe is.

What’s Absinthe

Absinthe isn’t a hallucinogen or maybe a drug. It is a strong alcoholic beverage with an alcohol by degree of up to 75% along with an anise flavor.

Legend has it that Absinthe was made by Dr Pierre Ordinaire in Couvet, Switzerland during the eighteenth century as being an elixir for his patients. By the turn of the 19th century Henri-Louis Pernod was distilling Absinthe and selling it commercially. Pernod utilized a wine alcohol base distilled with various types of herbal plants which includes wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium), fennel, aniseed, star anise, hyssop, lemon balm, angelica, juniper, dittany, nutmeg and melissa.

Absinthe, or La Fee Verte (Green Fairy) as it started to be known in France, became such a well-liked drink that it even becamemore common absinthe order online than wine in France. Absinthe bars became popular and the “Ritual” or traditional approach to using and preparing Absinthe was created.

Absinthe was suspended in France in 1915 after it was claimed that Absinthe contained psychoactive chemicals and cause hallucinations, convulsions, insanity and death. It’s now known that these particular claims were false. Absinthe cannot as well as doesn’t cause such effects. Absinthe was legalized in a lot of countries in the 1990s.

How to Use Absinthe the Traditional Manner

To prepare Absinthe in the conventional technique is to make use of the “Ritual”.

You need:-
– A big glass or Absinthe glass.
– Absinthe
– An Absinthe spoon – duplicate glasses and spoons are available online at AbsintheKit.com together with top-quality Absinthe essences to create your own Absinthe.
– A sugar cube.
– A carafe of ice cold water.

Pour a shot of Absinthe into the glass.
Rest the spoon on the rim of the glass and place the sugar cube on the spoon.
Slowly drip, rather than pour, the iced water over the sugar to dissolve it.
Watch the Absinthe louche as the water combines into the Absinthe. The essential oils in the Absinthe aren’t soluble in water so make the mixture to louche or go cloudy.
Blend your Absinthe and relish the taste of the Green Fairy.

Keep in mind that although Absinthe won’t present you with hallucinations, it is a strong drink and it’s also very easy to get drunk on Absinthe. Absinthe is produced out of a curious blend of herbs – some are naturally sedative in nature and others are stimulants. This mixture of herbs can grant a very different drunkenness than that brought on by other spirits or wine or beer. Some describe it as a “clear headed” drunkenness.

The Czech or Bohemian Procedure

Using this method, once you have poured the shot of Absinthe into the glass you dip the sugar cube into the alcohol then set it alight to the spoon by using a match. Once the sugar has caramelized and melted through the spoon and in the Absinthe, you add the iced water.

The Bohemian technique is a sophisticated method and is a bit of fun really rather than a serious approach to drinking Absinthe. It can also be slightly dangerous since the whole glass of Absinthe can catch fire, somewhat of a waste of Absinthe! Be aware.

The Ritual is the most popular method of using Absinthe but Absinthe can also be used in cocktails – make up your own or search on the internet for cocktail recipes to give you inspiration on how to use Absinthe.